Juneteenth Festival in Philly brings community together to celebrate African American culture
The community came together to celebrate Juneteenth early at the historic Johnson House in Germantown.
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The community came together to celebrate Juneteenth early at the historic Johnson House in Germantown.
Staff at the Johnson House Historic Site in Philadelphia say the Juneteenth Festival is a place to play and to interact and learn about history of the holiday. Ross DiMattei was live all morning hearing about the festival.
The Philadelphia police highway patrol unit will assist "mobile surge units" as the city tries to have more police officers on the street on weekend nights. Meanwhile there are events all around the city to celebrate the Juneteenth holiday that falls on June 19.
There's no need to get FOMO if you're not going to the shore this weekend because the Philadelphia region will be bumping with events and festivals you won't want to miss.
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The flag raising at city hall marked the beginning of several events throughout the city for Juneteenth.
Some of the artwork students created to help in the teaching of the holiday were proudly displayed.
Since Juneteenth gained formal recognition in 2021 as a national U.S. holiday, all non-essential federal offices close in observance.
The national holiday became federally-recognized in 2021. But communities have been celebrating Emancipation Day for more than a century.
Organizers say events like Juneteenth are important in creating a stronger and more unified community.
Residents of all backgrounds came to celebrate Freedom Day.
From live performances to a ceremony honoring Black ancestors, a large crowd enjoyed this year's festivities in Center City.
The holiday honors June 19, 1865 as the day the last enslaved Black people in the United States learned they had been freed under the Emancipation Proclamation.
June 19, 1865, was the day that the last enslaved people in Galveston, Texas learned that they had been freed from slavery.
In celebration of the Juneteenth holiday, also called Freedom Day, Temple's Center for Anti-Racism invited about 50 kids from North Philly to learn about the history of Juneteenth.
The celebration includes live music, food vendors, and more.
The event is part of the Wawa Welcome America festivities.
The block party includes live music, games, food trucks and more.
Witnesses said dozens of gunshots were fired into a crowd of people attending a party in Willowbrook. Police have not identified a suspect.
The first tour focused on 19th-century Black businesses, whose impact is still felt today. The second tour was on the underground railroad.
There were dozens of underground railroad stations in Chester County. People on the tour checked out several of them, including the Freeman House on Barnard Street.
Father's Day this year falls a day before Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, and fathers and mental health experts are sharing the importance of fatherhood and their experience with and as Black dads.
Juneteenth honors the day the last enslaved people in the U.S. learned they were free on June 19, 1865, which was two years are the Emancipation Proclamation was signed.
